Democratization means giving citizens a real voice and an opportunity to co-decide. Agata Mazepus interviews Igor Stokfiszewski.

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Democratization means giving citizens a real voice and an opportunity to co-decide. Agata Mazepus interviews Igor Stokfiszewski.
Whilst the focus of international media is turned towards the plight of Palestinians in Occupied Territories, Palestinian citizens of Israel continue to face discrimination at every turn.
If one thing is clear, it is that Central Europeans will not come out onto the streets solely for an abstract idea of “more democracy in Europe”.
At the moment, because you have majority voting, sometimes the majority doesn’t give a damn about what the minority thinks – Marcin Gerwin in conversation with Peter Emerson.
The British exit is not about decreasing the economic burden of austerity suffered by European citizens. Quite the contrary.
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Governmental policy is creating poverty and fighting the poor at the same time.